Framer Free Is Buildable and Explicitly Non-Commercial
Almost no page limit, almost no bandwidth, and a licence that rules out the one thing most people want to build. The restriction is legal, not technical.
Framer's free plan includes a framer domain, 500 AI credits to try its agents, 1GB of monthly bandwidth, 1,000 pages, 10 CMS collections, 5MB file uploads and support for up to three editors. It is explicitly limited to non-commercial use, and it cannot connect a custom domain. The Basic plan is $10 a month, raises bandwidth to 50GB and allows a custom domain.1
Framer's free tier is unusually roomy on pages and unusually tight on two things that matter: traffic, and the right to use it for a business.
The plans, measured
| Free | Basic | Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $10/mo | $30/mo |
| AI credits | 500 one-time | 1,000/mo | 3,000/mo |
| Bandwidth | 1GB | 50GB | 100GB |
| Pages | 1,000 | 30 | 150 |
| CMS collections | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| Custom domain | No | Yes | Yes |
| Permitted use | Non-commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
Prices measured on 22 October 2026. Vendor plan terms, allowances and prices change without notice, so treat every figure on this page as a dated snapshot rather than a permanent fact. Where a number here differs from the vendor's own pricing page, the vendor's page is correct and the figure above is simply older than it.
That pages row is not a typo. The free plan allows more pages than either paid plan, because a free project is a design workspace rather than a published site. It is the clearest signal of what Framer intends the free tier to be for.
Non-commercial is a licence term, not a technical limit
Framer's own FAQ states that the Free plan is ideal for non-commercial use. Nothing stops you from building a site for a business on it. The problem is that you would be using the plan outside its stated purpose, and a site that starts as a demo and becomes a company homepage crosses that line quietly.
This is the single most important fact about the free tier and it is not on the pricing table. Anyone evaluating Framer for client work, or for a site that sells anything, should treat free as a design environment and budget for Basic from the start.
1GB of bandwidth is the hard wall
Framer sites are image-heavy by nature; the tool is built for expressive, animated, visual pages. A single well-crafted Framer homepage can weigh several megabytes once fonts, images and motion assets are counted.
At 1GB a month, a page averaging 2MB is serving 500 visits before the site stops. That is not a website in any commercial sense. It is enough to show the site to people you send a link to, which is precisely what a design tool needs.
| Page weight | Monthly visits before 1GB |
|---|---|
| 500KB, minimal | About 2,000 |
| 1MB, typical landing page | About 1,000 |
| 2MB, image and motion heavy | About 500 |
| 5MB, video background | About 200 |
500 AI credits, once
Framer's agents and AI features consume credits, and the free plan gives 500 to try them, not 500 a month. The pricing page is explicit that free workspaces with no active subscription receive a one-time allowance.
That is enough to generate a page or two and see whether the agent output is usable. It is not enough to build a site by prompting, which is how Framer increasingly expects people to work.
When the free plan is enough
Designing. Framer is a strong prototyping and layout tool, and the free plan lets you use it as such with an enormous page allowance and full publishing to a framer domain for a small audience.
It is also genuinely fine for a personal, non-commercial site you share with people directly, provided the traffic stays low and you do not need your own domain.
When it stops being enough
The first time the site is for a business, or the first time it needs a real address. Both arrive together for most people, and Basic at $10 a month resolves both: custom domain, 50GB bandwidth and a commercial licence.
The odd cost of upgrading is the page cap. Basic allows 30 pages where free allowed 1,000, so a sprawling free project has to be tidied before it can be published properly. That is worth knowing before you build fifty pages you do not need.
How it compares
Against Webflow, Framer is far more generous on pages and equally restrictive on bandwidth. Against Wix, Framer gives a better design tool and a much smaller traffic allowance.
Against Netlify, the split is who the tool is for. Netlify is hosting for people who write code, with no design surface at all.
Frequently asked questions
Is Framer free for commercial use?
No. Framer describes the free plan as intended for non-commercial use.
Can I use a custom domain on Framer free?
No. Connecting a custom domain requires a paid plan.
How much bandwidth does Framer free include?
1GB per month, which is the tightest limit on the plan.
Are the 500 AI credits monthly?
No. They are a one-time allowance for workspaces without an active subscription.
Why does free allow more pages than Basic?
Because free is a design environment rather than a publishing plan. Paid plans are sized for live sites.
Limits, credits and licence terms verified against Framer's own pricing page on 23 October 2026.
Sources
- Framer pricing: www.framer.com/pricing.
All sources are the vendor's own plan or documentation pages, checked on 22 October 2026. Plan terms change without notice, so confirm current limits before you rely on them.
